Monday 13 June 2016

Top surgeon suspended as 'patient safety' threatened in rows between rival departments

Top surgeon suspended as 'patient safety' threatened in rows between rival departments One of the country's top surgeons has been suspended after a report revealed patients' lives were put at risk as a result of a bitter feud at a leading teaching hospital.

An urgent review into standards at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was called after tensions between the vascular and radiology departments reached breaking point.

The two departments had been involved in a dispute with each other over who should care for individual patients. The Daily Telegraph

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